Anyone recognize these cross bars? I saw these on a 1980 wagon a couple of weeks ago.

Me and neumann ran across these bars recently, wondering what they could be from, later model wagon or SUV, perhaps a dealer add-on from a catalog from years ago. Anyone seen anything like these?

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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The factory bars had a bad resonance at 60-70 MPH and iirc were fitted with dampeners.
I wonder if these suffer the same...

I remember my first wagon with cross bars, Both JimmyL and I condemned the rear differential when we heard the noise. Later, I discovered it was coming from the bars. I had moved the front one up closer to the sunroof opening to haul a load of lumber.
It was obvious with the sunroof open.